1. Press Release
peakwork AG Press Contact: Illa Eggers
Rheinallee 9 PR & Marketing Manager
D-40549 Düsseldorf illa.eggers@peakwork.com
www.peakwork.com T: +49 211 913 68 507
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peakwork: new Sales Director to establish international
sales office in London
Dusseldorf/London, 30 October 2015 – Fabrizio Melis (43) starts as new Sales
Director at peakwork. In this new position he is responsible for international
expansion of the Player Hub technology. In the peakwork London office he will
build up a new sales team. Worldwide, further subsidiaries and branches are
under development.
With a strong position in its base markets Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
international demand for peakwork’s distribution platform is increasing
rapidly. More and more partner companies use peakwork's distribution
platform, based on the Player-Hub technology, to dynamically produce and sell
international travel products.
Ralf Usbeck, CEO of peakwork, says: “We are happy to have Fabrizio Melis on
board with a strong international sales background and broad expertise in the
travel technology industry. Especially our partners – providers and distributors
– will benefit from the increasing travel offer and demand.” Fabrizio Melis,
comments on his joining peakwork: “I am deeply impressed by the
extraordinary market development of the company and the enthusiastic team.
Now is exactly the right time to join and focus the international expansion.”
Fabrizio Melis has over 20 years of experience in the travel industry. From
2007 to date, he was with worldwide wholesale travel provider Tourico
Holidays, most recently as Vice President Sales EMEA. Before this, he had
various leading positions in sales at companies such as Hilton and Gulliver’s
Travel Associates, among others. Melis studied in Italy and Great Britain, and
has lived in London for over 20 years.
Fabrizio Melis will be with peakwork at WTM
London at Stand TT316, from 2-5 November 2015.
At Travel Innovation Summit, the company will
provide insights on the future of travel distribution
and present new, innovative search and booking
technologies.
Picture: Fabrizio Melis, Sales Director peakwork
2. Press Release
peakwork AG Press Contact: Illa Eggers
Rheinallee 9 PR & Marketing Manager
D-40549 Düsseldorf illa.eggers@peakwork.com
www.peakwork.com T: +49 211 913 68 507
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About peakwork – The Player Hub Company
peakwork is the software specialist for the travel industry. With its innovative and
unique Player-Hub technology peakwork provides a production and distribution
platform that brings together global offers and demands of travel products.
peakwork’s technology is setting new and higher standards across the international
travel industry. This is achieved by improving data quality, quantity and relevance to
the production and sale of holidays as well as providing a speedy search interface.
Leading international tour operator brands and online travel companies utilize
peakwork’s Players and Y-Players for classic and dynamic travel package production.
Additionally, top airlines, worldwide hotel suppliers and a growing number of
destination management companies are connected to the Player-Hub network for
dynamic package production. Travel agencies, on and offline, as well as leading
metasearchers benefit from their own Hub for detailed and up-to-date travel offers.
Through strategic alliances with leading companies such as IBM, Google and
Micros/Oracle come pioneering solutions from dynamic travel production, sales and
yield management.
The Player-Hub technology is used in more than fifteen countries worldwide. peakwork
has about 170 employees at locations in Germany and at the subsidiaries peakwork
Ltd. in UK and Inc. in Boston. International distribution partners are alongside
TraviAustria and NetMatch in Europe, IBM for global sales, operation and support for
the Player-Hub technology.